Archive for October, 2009
Biti Flexes His Muscles Again
By Denford Magora This is the true President of The Republic of Zimbabwe now – Tendai Biti, the Finance Minister, at least as far as the economy and the lives of Zimbabweans are concerned. He has just blocked another US$300 million from Afreximbank negotiated by Gideon Gono for Zimbabwe and there is nothing Mugabe, Gono [...]
Tare admitted in hospital
Dear friends of Tare Tare is in hospital now and she has seen her doctor who offered to operate on her for free .We only paid for hospital fees and other surgeons and services .We will know how much all this exactly costs after the treatment . My collegue Prisciallah and I spent the last [...]
Makoni among CNN Heroes of the Year
By Esther Gomo Girl Child Network (GCN) founder Betty Makoni has been nominated as one of the candidates for the CNN Heroes of the Year award run by global news media giant Cable News Network. For nearly a decade 37 year old Makoni has worked tirelessly in Zimbabwe to protect young girls from sexual abuse. [...]
Nestlé and buying fresh milk in Zimbabwe
The Dairy Board of Zimbabwe today informed the Gushungo Dairy Estate, and the 7 other farms with whom Nestlé began working on a temporary basis in February 2009, that it is now in a position to resume purchasing their milk. Nestlé Zimbabwe therefore will no longer be receiving milk from these 8 farms from Sunday [...]
Mukoko, Kuruneri, Moxon, Makamba etc
By Mutumwa Mawere On Monday, 28 September 2009, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe confirmed what many with the exception of a few in Zimbabwe have come to accept i.e. that the state has been transformed into an instrument of injustice and intimidation. The Court ordered a permanent stay in Jestina Mukoko’s prosecution. This no doubt [...]
COSATU Statement on Shabanie shooting
The Congress of South African Trade Unions condemns in the strongest terms the unprovoked shooting of workers at Shabani Mine in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe. This was after workers had been on strike since 31st August, and subjected to provocation by the Mine management. The workers had not been paid their full dues since January, 2009 as [...]
Former Zim sprint champion jailed in US
DALLAS — Two Zimbabwe citizens and a Texan found guilty of defrauding the U.S. government by filing false income tax returns have been sentenced to federal prison. A statement Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas says Fabian Muyaba, Joseph Mudekunye and Nichelle Henson, of Como, Texas, were convicted in June [...]
Bonyongo The Destroyer
From Thupeyo Muleya in BEITBRIDGE SOMEWHERE in the rural area of Buhera, lies the Man Mountain — known to the world simply as Kilimanjaro — who boxed his way from Mbare to rule the African continent. Proud Chinembiri, the late heavyweight boxing champion, took his sport to another level in this country in the category [...]




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